Coffeeshopped has released Patch Base 4 for Mac – an update that they say is “more polished, more stable, and has a couple of new features as well.”
Patch Base is a collection of editors and librarians for 85 hardware synthesizers.
New features include:
MIDI Controller Support – you can now map knobs and faders from your external MIDI controllers onto the on-screen controls of Patch Base.
Light Mode – Patch Base now has the light mode / dark mode settings that you would expect from a Mac desktop app. You can set the app to automatically track the mode that your computer is in, or set Patch Base permanently to either Light or Dark mode.
External Keyboard Support – this version adds is an easy way to use an external MIDI keyboard to play your synths while editing them in Patch Base. Just tell Patch Base which keyboard(s) you want to use to play notes on, and Patch Base will route the MIDI from that keyboard to whichever patch editor window is currently active.
Patch Base 4 is available now for $49.99 with one editor, with additional editors available for $24.99 each. An all-access subscription option is also available.
GlitchShredder is a glitch and stutter effect for iPhone and iPad that combines stereo audio chopping, tempo synchronization, probability-based segment manipulation, bitcrushing and drive, with standalone and AUv3 operation.
It is an audio effect that captures incoming audio fragments and repeats, reverses and recombines them in real time.
It can operate as a standalone app or as an AUv3 plugin in compatible hosts including GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis and Logic Pro for iPad.
Its Chopper provides independent left and right processing with 16 segment slots per channel. Glitch Probability, Reverse Probability, quantized jumps and transient detection provide different ways to manipulate captured segments, while Stutter Sync can follow the host tempo or use manual BPM and Tap Tempo.
Features:
Independent stereo Chopper with 16 segment slots per channel
Real-time capture, repetition, reversal and recombination of audio fragments
Glitch Probability and adjustable glitch rate
Reverse Probability and ZC Reverse ping-pong operation
Host-tempo synchronization via AudioPlayHead
Manual BPM fallback and Tap Tempo
Nine rhythmic subdivisions from 1/4 to 1/64, including triplet and dotted values
Quantized Jumps for beat-grid synchronization
Transient Snap with adjustable sensitivity
Per-segment RMS normalization
Bit Crusher and sample-rate reduction
Drive output saturation
Equal-power Dry/Wet control
Independent Input Gain
Single Win mode for continuous loop/freeze operation
MIDI control for freeze and direct access to segment slots
Real-time oscilloscope with dry/wet visualization
2×16 segment grid with waveform previews
Factory preset library
Preset organization and search through the 34AudioLibrary system
User preset saving
AUv3 plugin support
Standalone operation
Touch interface with coarse and fine parameter adjustment
Developer Thom Haslam has released HarmonyKeen, a harmony assistant that writes parts around your melodies using the music theory voice-leading rules.
You give it a monophonic MIDI melody and it writes harmony parts around it, working out the voice leading. Everything it writes is editable MIDI, so the parts drive whatever instruments you already have.
Styles run from a single added line through close vocal harmony and four-part writing to fuller arrangements.
It runs on music theory rather than a neural network. It reads the whole melody first, finds the phrases and cadences, picks a chord sequence that fits, then writes the voices. The same input and settings give the same result every time.
The HarmonyKeen site features a wide selection of examples, demonstrating the range of harmony options that it supports.
HarmonyKeen is available now as a standalone app plus VST3 and Audio Unit, bundled on one license, with an intro price of $59 USD (normally $79).
